Display rail



G. E. HILL DISPLAY RAIL Dec. 29, 1953 Filed June 15, 1948 In); "i III GLEN/V E. HILL INVENTOR.

Patented Dec. 29, 1953 DIS Glenn E. Hill, Los Ah Irvin A. Brock,

6 Claims.

This inven ion. re ates. e e a l to a, tea Eli: play rail and more particula y to a shortened side rail connector for supporting the head and foot boards of a bed in proximity for display purposes;

It is a primary object of the invention to provide a bed display rail which will hold the head and foot boards of a bed in proximity and rigidly connected to prevent either horizontal or vertical dislocation or separation.

It is a second object of the invention to provide a bed display rail which may be adjusted so as to be applicable to all normal wooden bed structures.

Another object of the invention is to provide a bed display rail which is simple and inexpensive, but will effectively hold the head and foot boards for display purposes.

It is yet another object of the invention to provide a bed display rail which may be easily applied to the head and foot boards and may be easily adjusted to compensate for any variance in the dimensions of these boards.

These and other important objects will be made apparent from a study of the following specification and the accompanying drawings. The invention, in a preferred form, is illustrated fully in the drawings and hereinafter more fully described.

In the drawing:

Figure l is an elevation of the bed displayrail in operative position connecting two bed posts.

Figure 2 is a similar elevation showing the bed display rail in inoperative position, in which position it may be applied to the bed posts and thence adjusted to the position shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a bottom view of the display rail showing further details of construction.

As shown in the drawings:

The reference numeral 5 indicates generally a spacer plate, preferably constructed of metal, having rectangular upturned flanges l and 9 at either end thereof. Centrally mounted by rivets or welding near the top of the plate 5 is a smaller plate II which has a rectangular upturned flange l3. This flange [3 has a central opening I5 for reception of a threaded bolt or screw I'l, vertically disposed with a thumb nut 19 fastened permanently to its upper extremity immediately above the flange l3. A cylindrical washer 2| is fixed on and surrounds the bolt l1 and is disposed between the thumb nut l9 and the flange l3. Hexagonal nut 23 is on the bolt l! in rigid engagement therewith, but below the flange l3, permitting the bolt ll to rotate in the flanged P EM geles, Galifl, assi nor to pqs m lssfla ib rl gii als s 5 3,149

2 support l3. The washr is optional and may be omitted other nuts 25 and 2"! are mounted rotatably on the bolt'o'r fscrew I.'| and arenas-an spaced relationship by a pivot member 2-9which compri'ses-two** 1ates wnieh'uoosely encompass the bolt I! and are pinned together as at 3| and 33. Arms or levers and 31 are pivotally supported on these pins 3| and 33 and extend through slotted apertures 39 and 4| in the rectangular flanges l and 9 respectively terminating in hooks 3 and 45 which are adapted to engage the cross pins in the head and foot posts of a bed.

When the display rail is in the position shown in Figure 2 it will be understood that the head and foot posts of a bed 4'! and 49 may be brought against the flanges l and 9 with the hooks 43 and 45 of the arms or levers 35 and 31 disposed immediately above the cross pins 5| and 53 of the bed posts. Rotation of the thumb nut l9 and bolt I! will cause vertical motion of the nuts 25 and 21 and the pivot member 29 whereby the arms or levers 35 and 31 will be pivoted into the position shown in Figure l with the hooks 43 and 45 engaging the cross pins 51 and 53 to hold the bed posts firmly against the flanges 1 and 9 of the spacing plate 5. It should be further noted that the pivotal action causes the hooks 43 and 45 to so move around the cross pins 5| and. 53 as to prevent the separation of the posts from the rail even when vertical stress is applied to the posts. The bed posts can, of course, be detached from the rail by turning the thumb nut IS in the opposite direction until the position of the toggle levers 35 and 31 is again that shown in Figure 2.

I am aware that many changes may be made and numerous details of construction varied throughout a wide range without departing from the principles of this invention, and I therefore do not propose limiting the patent granted hereon to this specific disclosure, but give reference instead to the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a bed display rail, a spacing member, arms pivotally and slidably mounted on said member, hooks on the extremities of said arms adapted to engage cross pins in the head and foot posts of a bed, and a thumb screw on the member and connections between the thumb screw and the arms for moving said arms to draw the head and foot posts of the beds against the spacing member.

2. In a bed display rail, a spacing plate with flanged ends, apertures in said flanged ends arms mounted on said plate with their ends extending through said apertures, means for engaging the head and foot sections of a bed on the extremities of said arms, a screw mounted on a support on the plate means pivoted to said arms and engaging said screw for moving said arms to draw the head and foot sections of the bed against the flanged ends of the spacing plate. 3. In a bed display rail a spacing member, hooked arms pivotally and slidably mounted on the spacer member adapted to engage the head and foot posts of a bed, a pivot member connecting said arms, screw means mounted on said spacing member and connected to said pivot member whereby said bed posts may be drawn by the hooked arms against the spacing member.

4. In a bed display rail, a flanged plate, two arms with hooked extremities pivotally and slidably mounted on the plate'adapted to engage cross pins in the head and foot posts of a bed, a pivot member connecting said arms, manually actuable screw means mounted on said plate and movably connected to said pivot member.

5. In a bed display rail, a spacing plate with flanged ends, apertures in said flanged ends, a

' 4 screw mounted rotatably on said plate, a pivot member mounted on said screw for axial movement with respect thereto, and levers pivotally mounted on said pivot member and extending through the apertures in said flanged ends.

6. In a bed display rail, a spacing plate with flanged ends, apertures in said flanged ends, a screw mounted rotatably on said plate, a pivot member mounted on said screw for axial movement with respect thereto, levers pivotally mounted on said pivot member and extending through the apertures in said flanged ends, and hooks on the extremities of the levers.

GLENN E. HILL.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 

